Cartridge priming or depriming apparatus.



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CARTRIDGE PBIMING 0B DEPRIMING APPARATUS.

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IRA SILVIS, OF GRAFTON, CALIFORNIA.

CARTRIDGE PRIMING OR DEPRIIVIING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 68%,150, aaa September24, 190i.

Serial No. 64.}984. (N0 model-l To (all whom it Til/(by concern.-

Be it known that I, IRA SILVIS, a citizen of the United States, residingat Grafton, in the county of Yolo and State of California, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cartridge Priming or DeprimingApparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus for priming and deprimingcartridge-shells; and its object is to provide a convenientand efficientconstruction of apparatus whereby the operation of priming and deprimingcarperformed.

\Vith this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, whichwill be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed outinthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of acartridge-shell priming and depriming device embodying my invention.Fig. 2is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4is a top plan view, the shells appearing in section, showing the partsas arranged at the beginning of the priming and depriming operation.Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the arrangement of the parts at the endof the operation. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the device with partsarranged as in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section through the baseof the feedhopper, its supporting-frame, and the shells fed up to beprimed, said section being taken on the line of the feedppenings in saidframe. Fig. Sis a vertical section of the same on the line 8 8, Fig. 7.Fig. 9 is a vertical cross-section through the frame and carriage, andFig. 10 is a horizontal section through the hopper. Fig. 11 is afragmentary end view of the bedplate, showing the application of the box6 thereto, the box appearing in transverse section; and Fig. 12 is aperspective view of the box.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1represents the bedplate or supporting-frame of the apparatus,

which is provided with a clamp 2 for attaclr ment to-a table orwork-bench and is formed upon opposite sides of its upper surface withflanges or stop-ribs 3, which hold the cartridge-shells placed thereonagainst lateral or sidewise movement preliminary to the feed ing up ofthe shell-holders, hereinafter de scribed. The shells are designed torestupon the u pper surface of said bed plate, which may be ofanydesired width to contain any humber of cartridges and has at itsforward end a groove 4:, in which the rim edges of the car tridge-shelisare adapted to fit. On one side of the center and at the rear end of thebedplate is arranged a stop flange or shoulder 5, against which theclosed ends of the shells which are to be deprimed are adapted to bear,and in the rear of said flange and spaced therefrom is located a secondflange 6. A box (5 is slidably and detachably connected to one or bothof said flanges to receive the primers forced from the cartridge-shellsand is provided with a stop-plate 6 to arrest the shells as they flyout.

A carriage 7 is rigidly secured to the outer ends of two guide-rods 8,which are arranged to slide in openings 9, formed in the bed-plate 1,and from said carriage projects a series of parallel guides and holders10,

which are adapted to be fed up by the move-' ment of the carriage toretain the cartridgeshells in position and to act also as deprimingdevices and anvils to assist in the operation of depriming and primingsaid shells. In the present instance four of such guides and holders areshown employed-two for priming and two for depriming purposes. The twopriming guides and holders have projecting ends 11, which serve asanvils in the manner hereinafter described, and the two deprimingholders and guides have mounted therein the depriming-pins 12, formedupon or secured to screw-threaded stems or shafts 13, adjustably mountedin screw-threaded openings in the said ends of the guides and holdersand having their free ends slotted, as at 14:, for the reception of ascrew= driver or other tool applied thereto for adjusting them. The pins12 when dulled or blunted may be dresseddown sojas to form asufficiently sharpened point or surface for the extraction of theprimers.

To one of the guide-rods 8 is jointed, by means of a pin 15, one end ofan operating handle or lever 16, which is adapted to be drawn rearwardlyto move the carriage 7 into operation and to be forced inwardly toretract the carriage, the inward movement of said parts being limited bya stop-flange 17 on said lever. The lever 16 is adapted to slide withinthe opening, in which the acting rod 8 is movably mounted until thecarriage reaches the limit of its outward stroke, and then to be forceddown on its pivot so as to bear against a bracket or extension 18 uponthe bed-plate to exert a more powerful pressure or leverage attheinstant of forcing the primers into the shells to be primed andextractiug them from the shells to be deprimed. The bracket 18 isdisposed upon the opposite side of the center of the bed-plate 1 fromthe flanges 5 and 6 and is formed at its outer end with a fixed head orblock 19, in which is mounted two forwardly projecting guidepins 20,0nwhich is fitted to slide the movable primer-head 21. This head iscomposed of front and rear plates 22 and 23, said front plate beingprovided with feed-passages 24, which communicate at their lower endswith feed-openings 25, opening through the inner or front surface ofsaid'plate, and in communication with corresponding openings formed in asupporting-frame 26, secured to the plate. The guide-pins projectthrough openings 27, formed in the rear plate 23 of the head and whichcommunicate with the said feed-openings 25. The pins 20 are thus adaptedto work through the communicating openings 25 and 27 and to guide theprimer-head in its movement. \Vhen the primer-head is forced back, theinner or forward ends of the pins 20 project into the feed-openings 25and serve as anvils to sustain the primers, being formed for thispurpose with concavities 28 in their ends to receive the head of the capof the primer. When the primer-head moves inwardly or toward thecarriage 7, the feedopenings 25 are no longer closed by the pins 20, andprimers from the hopper may therefore feed down into position thereintofor operation.

The supporting-frame 26 is provided at its upper end with an open-workguide 29, between which and said frame is slidably fitted a movablefeed-hopper 30, which is supported by the primer-head 21 and guided inits movement transversely of the bed-plate 1 by the said open guidemember 29. The hopper 30 comprises in its construction front and backplates 31 and 32 and vertical end pieces 33, which act asspacers to holdsaid front and back plates apart. The said plates are also held apartbetween the end pieces by vertical partitions 34, which forms a seriesof feed chutes or passages in which the primers are placed to be fed tothe primer-head for application to the shells to be primed. Thefeed-chutes 35 are adapted to be brought into coincidence with eitherone of the feed-pas scaled sages 24 in the primer-head by sliding thehopper 30 laterally on said primer-head and to hold the feed-hopperstationary when in adjusted position with two of the feed chutes orpassages in line,with the passages 24. A spring-pawl 36 is provided uponthe guide frame or member 29 to engage seats or notches 37, formed inthe upper edges of the front and back plates 31 and 32 of said hopper.In the plate 32 are formed a series of peepholes 38, through which thefeed of the primers through the feed-chutes maybe inspected, and in thelower edge of said plate are formed slots 39, through which project aseriesof curved fingers 40 upon the lower edge of an apron 41, pivotedto the hopper, said fingers acting in the nature of detents to preventthe primers from dropping down through the feed chutes while said chutesare being filled. The shaft 42 of this apron is extended at one end toform a handle or finger-piece 43, whereby the apron may be opened toallow the primers to feed down, and a spring 44 is secured to thehopperand acts upon the said shaft to normally hold the apron closed with thesaid curved fingers projecting into the slots 39. In operation bysliding the hopper transversely of the bed-plate 1 on the primer-head 21the lower ends of any two adjacent chutes therein may be brought intoconnection with the feed-passages 24, and when these are exhausted thehopper may be adjusted to bring two other feed-chutes in communicationwith said passages in a manner readily understood. The primer-head 21 isnormally forced away from the head or block 19 by an interposed spring45, and when the primer-head is forced inwardly or rearwardly by thisspring the guide-pins 2O lie in rear of the feed-passages 24 andfeed-openings 25, so that the primers in the feed-chutes communicatingtherewith are free, when the detents 40 are moved outward to feed downinto said passages 24 and openings 25 in position for use in advance ofthe inner ends of the pins 20.

The operation is as follows: In depriming and priming a number of shellsa pair of shells to be deprimed are first rested on the bed-plate 1 withthe closed or headed ends of the shells bearing against the stop-flangeor shoulder 5, the rim flanges of the shells seated in the groove 4 andthe outermost shell bearing against the adjacent side flange 3. Theoperating handle or lever 16 is then drawn outwardly to cause theholders and guides 10, carrying the depriming-pins 12, to enter the openends of the shells, and this movement is continued until thedeprimingpins 12 come into engagement with the primers, when the pivotedend of the operatinglever projects outward from the guide-opening 9 andsaid lever is left free to be forced downwardly. The lever is thenforced downward and its free end is brought to bear against thebed-plate, which acts as a fulcrum therefor, whereby greater leveragemay IIO 2o guides 10 into the shells.

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5 the stop-plate 6 of the box 6, which prevents them from beingscattered, and then drop down into said box to be saved for further use.The two cartridge-shells thus deprimed are then moved to the oppositesides of the 10 bed-plate 1. for priming and two other cartridge-shellsseated in the place formerly occupied by them for depriming. The apron4.1 is then operated to withdraw the fingers 4.0 from the feed-chutes 35to allow primers :5 from the two feed-chutes in line with thefeedpassages 24. to drop down and to be exposed at the feed-openings 25.lhe operating-lever 16 is then again operated in the manner heretoforedescribed to force the holders and When the lever is moved to the limitof its outward stroke, the pins 12 on the two depriming-holders 10 arebrought to bear upon the primers of the shells cooperating therewith,while the projecting 25 ends or anvils 11 on the two other guides andholders 10 have forced the primer-head 21 backward against the head orblock 19, thereby bringing the guide-pins into the feedopenings andforcing the primers outward until they are seated in their places in theheads of the shells. The anvils 11 of the two priming-guide holders 10will then bear upon the priming-chambers of the shells to reinforce themwhile the primers are being seated The operating-lever 16 then being atthe limit of its outward-sliding movement is adapted to be forced down,and when forced down the pins 12 expel the primers on the shells to bedeprimed, while the anvils 11 force the head of the shells to be primedtightly against the priming-head 19 and force the latter fartherbackward, thereby causing the pins 20 to be farther projected and toseat the primers within the chambers in the heads 5 of the shells. Uponthen elevating the operating-lever 16 and sliding the carriage 7backward or away from the primer-head 21 the holders and guides 10 willbe withdrawn from engagement with the cartridge-shells and theprimer-head retracted to its normal position by the spring 45, ready fora repetition of the operation above described. The primer-head 21 islimited in its rearward movement by a stop-pin 46, and the shells areprevented from The feed-passages 24 and feed-openings 25 in theprimerhead are preferably arranged to slope in order to provide for theproper feed of the primers as the shells increase or decrease in size.

derstood without a further extended explanation, and it will be seenthat a simple, durable, and eifective device is provided ,whereby theoperation of priming and depriming cartridge -shells may be easily andquickly performed.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention is as herein disclosed,it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion,and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of theinvention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus for depriming cartridgeshells, the combination of abed-plate adapted to serve as a support for the shells, a slidingcarriage carrying a guide and holder adapted to enter the shell, anextracting-pin carried by said holder to extract the primer in theshell, and means for operating said carriage, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a depriming apparatus for cartridgeshells, the combination of abed-plate adapted to support the shells, a movable guide and bolderadapted to enter the shell, an adjustable extracting-pin mounted uponsaid holder for extracting the primer in the shell, and means for movingsaid holder into and out of the shell, substantially as described.

3. In a depriming apparatus for cartridgeshells, the combination of abed-plate adapted to support the shell and having a head. for the closedend of the shell to bear against, a sliding carriage, a holder and guidemounted on said carriage and adapted when the carriage is moved in onedirection to enter the shell and extract the primer. carried by saidcartridge-shell, and an operating-lever for slid ing the carriage,substantially as described.

at. In a depriming apparatus for cartridgeshells, the combination of abed-plate provided with spaced flanges, one serving as a support forthe'headed end of the shell, and the other as a stop for the primersextracted therefrom, said flanges forming between them a conductor forthe downward passage of the primers, a sliding carriage, a holder andguide mounted on said carriage and adapted to be moved into and out ofthe shell, an adjustable primenextractor carried by said holder, andmeans for operating the carriage, substantially as described.

5. In a priming and depriming apparatus for cartridge-shells,thecombination of a baseplate provided upon one side of its center with ashoulder for the heads of the shells to be deprimed to bear against, aprimer-head arranged upon the opposite side of the center of thebed-plate for the headed ends of the shells to be primed to bearagainst, acarriage slidably mounted upon the bed-plate, a plurality ofholders and guides mounted upon the carriage and adapted to be movedinto and out of the shells, the guides upon one side of the center ofthe device being provided with extracting-pins and the guides upon theother side of the center of the de- IIO vice being provided with anvilsor supports for the priming-chambers, a hopper for supplying the primersto the primer-head, anvils adapted to be projected upon the movement ofthe holders and guides to seat the primers in their chambers in theshell, and operating means for sliding the carriage to eli'ect thesimultaneous priming of one set of shells and the depriming of the othershells, substantially as described.

6. In a priming and depriming apparatus for cartridge-shells, thecombination of a supporting-plate on Which the shells are adapted torest, a support against which the heads of the shells to be deprimed areadapted to rest, a priming-head against which the heads of the shells tobe primed are adapted to rest, tWo sets of holders and guides adapted tobe inserted into and Withdrawn from the shell to act as supports andextractors, means for feeding the primers into operative position in thepriming-head, and operating mechanism for effecting a simultaneousacting of the parts to deprime the one set of shells and to prime theother set of shells, substantially as described.

'7. In a cartridge-shell-priming apparatus, the combination of abed-plate, a priminghead provided with a feed-opening, a hopper incommunication with said opening, a supporting device adapted to be movedinto the shell to support the same while the primer is being seated, andmeans for operating said supporting device to bring the shell intoposition for the seating of the primer therein, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a cartridge-shell-priming device, the combination of a bed-plate,a movable springretracted priming-head provided with feedopenings, pinsserving as guides for the primer-head and adapted to project into saidopenings to serve as anvils to seat the prim ers,

holders and guides adapted to enter the shells and to force them againstthe priming-head, and means for operating said holders and guides,substantially as described.

9. In a cartridge-priming apparatus, the combination of a bed-plate, apriming-head movably mounted thereon and provided with feed-openings, aspring for retracting the priming-head, a hopper upon the priminghead tofeed the primers to said openings, a sliding carriage, holders andguides mounted upon the carriage and adapted to be forced into and outof the shells and to bring the shells to bear against the priming-head,and means for operating the carriage, substantially as described.

10. In a cartridge-priming apparatus, the combination of a bed-plate, apriming-head mounted thereon and provided with feedopenings, guide pinsfor the priminghead adapted when the head is moved outwardly to projectin said openings and serve as anvils to seat the primers, a spring forretract ing the primer-head, an adjustable hopper mounted upon theprimer-head and having a series of feed-chutes,either of which isadapted to be brought into communication with the feed-openings, meansfor holding the hopper in adjusted position, a sliding carriage, holdersand guides mounted upon said carriage and adapted to enter the shellsand force them against the priming-head, and means for operating thecarriage, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

IRA SILVIS.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM S. WALL, ARTHUR O. HUSTON.

